Hotel Technology Next Generation

Five new interoperability demonstrations are planned for 2006, plus the refinement of one that was shown in preliminary form in 2005. The new demonstrations will be:

In addition, HTNG’s Property Distribution Solution workgroup will show implementation by several central reservation system, property management system, and revenue management system vendors of the now-completed message specification for reservation delivery and availability controls. A preliminary version of this demonstration was shown at HITEC 2005; this year’s implementation covers a broader array of functionality and uses the specifications that are nearing final ratification.

HTNG members are sponsoring and participating in HTNG’s booth activities at HITEC. Gold Partners, most of whom are participating in one or more of the above interoperability demonstrations, include:

Many of the Gold sponsors will also be featuring HTNG-related interoperability demonstrations in their own booths.

In addition, Newmarket International, OpenCourse Solutions, ReServe Interactive, and Wayport are participating as Silver sponsors, and will be happy to discuss progress and/or to provide demonstrations in their own booths.

Last year’s HITEC witnessed the release of two groundbreaking White Papers from HTNG, “Convergence: Hotel Technology for Today and Tomorrow,” and “The Guest of the Future: In-Room Technology Preferences Today and Tomorrow.” Continuing that tradition, HTNG’s In-Room Technology Workgroup will be releasing two new White Papers at HITEC this year.

Last year’s groundbreaking infrastructure White Paper, “Convergence: Hotel Technology for Today and Tomorrow” has been updated and expanded to cover wireless as well as wired networks.

A new White Paper describing the design of a next-generation, converged media set-top box, capable of working with your choice of high-definition video-on-demand provider, cable feed, satellite/off-air provider, and IPTV programming, and supporting numerous guest-room devices and application under the hotel’s control.

The HTNG booth will also host several presentations, including integration case studies by members, sessions on the HTNG certification program, and presentations on the new White Papers. Additionally, key hotel industry CIOs and CTOs who serve on HTNG’s board of directors will be available on a published schedule at the HTNG booth to meet with members and prospective members.

About Hotel Technology Next Generation | The premier technology solutions association in the hospitality industry, HTNG is a self-funded, non-profit organization with members from hotel and hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, and other industry members including consultants, media, and academic experts. HTNG’s members participate in focused workgroups to bring open solution-sets addressing specific business problems to the hospitality market.

Membership in HTNG is open to hotel and hospitality companies, technology vendors to hospitality, consultants, academics, press and others. Currently more than 300 companies and individuals from across this spectrum are active HTNG members. Workgroup proceedings, drafts, and specifications are published for all HTNG members as soon as they are created, encouraging rapid and broad adoption. Specifications are released to the public domain when the workgroup has completed its work, typically after no more than 18 months. For more information, visit www.htng.org.

Contact
Katie Mazzuca
Senior Director of Marketing and Events
United States - Schaumburg, Phone: +1 312 690-5034
Fax: +1 703 814 8555
Email: katie.mazzuca@htng.org

Organization
Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) - AHLA
www.ahla.com/htng
1250 Eye Street N.W., Suite 1100
USA - Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 1 202 289 3100
Email: ewilson@ahla.com